Joseph; Thank you for that link, which I have bookmarked for future reference.

Torsten: Yes many people from Dalarna were disappointed, in particular one school class filmed for TV news.

For those members who are struggling with the recent flood of new Swedish Dukes and Duchesses, it may be small comfort that so indeed are many Swedes. From a low of one (Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland) when the present King came to the throne in 1973, the Swedish Royal Family now has no less than ten Dukes and Duchesses (including two - Prince Daniel and Princess Sofia - who are strictly speaking spouses rather than Duke and Duchess in their own right). The distribution of ducal titles has been, and continues to be, very uneven. Some provinces have had many, not least Södermanland, the latest grant, and Värmland. Others, including the two most northerly - Lappland and Norrbotten - have never been favoured. Why this should be is a mystery (at least to me).